Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): De-

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): De-

Subjects in this Topic:

Dazzle
Dazzled
Dazzlement
Dazzling
Dazzlingly
De bene esse
De facto
De jure
De rigueur
De-
Deacon
Deaconess
Deaconhood
Deaconry
Deaconship
Dead
Dead beat
Dead-eye
Dead-hearted

A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.